Site Reliability Engineer

$120,000 - $135,000/Yr

Evolent Health - Des Moines, IA

Full-time - Mid Level

Des Moines, IA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Site Reliability Engineer at Evolent will play a crucial role in managing the application suite and cloud infrastructure, focusing on enhancing application reliability and cloud management. This position is part of the Platform Engineering organization and is essential for the transformation of cloud infrastructure management. The role emphasizes observability, containerization, and collaboration with DevOps and Platform Architecture teams to improve internal developer platforms.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage observability solutions using OpenTelemetry to monitor and trace application performance.
• Implement and manage containerization solutions using platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes, focusing on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps (ACA).
• Monitor the health and performance of containers and resolve any issues that arise.
• Follow security best practices to ensure containerized workloads are fully secure.
• Partner with DevOps in advancing Infra as Code and Config as Code discipline.
• Collaborate with the Platform Architecture team to continuously improve the Internal Developer Platform (IDP).
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to identify corrective action plans (CAP).

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on Azure experience and 5+ years of overall cloud-native experience.
• Strong understanding of OpenTelemetry and experience in implementing observability solutions.
• Proven experience in implementing and managing container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Deep understanding of deployment methodologies for Kubernetes, preferably ArgoCD and Helm.
• Experience with other Azure services such as Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure Service Fabric.
• Passion and creativity for Automation using tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience in working with GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Expertise in at least one of these scripting/configuration languages: PowerShell, YAML, HCL, Python.
• Expertise in at least one of the APM tools: Prometheus, Dynatrace, DataDog.
• Experience leveraging agile methodology (i.e., Scrumban) to manage project work.
• Highly effective communicator with a strong commitment to transparency.

Nice-to-haves

• PostGresSQL and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR API) experience is preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance benefits
• Bonus component based on pre-defined performance factors